thanks for the advise. I got an almost new box of cat5e and of the telephone cable. I was just hoping I could use the telephone cable. On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 10:09 PM, Bob Elzer wrote: > I also agree, it may work for small files and stuff and you think it's ok, > but down the line when you're transferring big files and they get > corrupted, > and then you're trying to figure out why, you might forget about the cheap > cable. > > It's so much less of a hassle to just get a good cable. Whenever I have a > questionable cable, I just toss it. > > Or use it to tie somebody up. :-) > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: plug-discuss-bounces@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > [mailto:plug-discuss-bounces@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] On > > Behalf Of Dorian Monroe > > Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2009 4:40 PM > > To: Main PLUG discussion list > > Subject: Re: cat-5 > > > > I totally agree. Using cabling that's out of spec may "work" > > and you may not notice any problems, but down the road when > > problems become apparent, this could become a bugger of a > > problem to track down. > > > > Sent from my blackberry > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Trent Shipley > > > > Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2009 15:25:10 > > To: Main PLUG discussion list > > Subject: Re: cat-5 > > > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > mike havens wrote: > > > Will twisting it at the ends (so the tswists go under the > > sheath) fix > > > this? > > > > > > On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 4:55 PM, Technomage > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > mike havens wrote: > > > > all I need it for is patch cables... and telephone > > cables. Why doesn't > > > > crosstalk affect the telephone signal? > > > > > > > > > > > most PSTN signalling is of low bandwidth (especially on > > the "last mile" > > > run). now DSL is kind of an > > > exception to this (except you need line filters on your > > phones to keep > > > from hearing the "static" of the modem. > > > > > > you can probably get away with 10BaseT signalling on > > cat 3, but because > > > of how the cable itself is wound > > > (turns per foot, etc) your max length will be very > > limited. 100BaseT is > > > not recommended at all owing to > > > the large about of bandwidth used (typically greated > > that 200 Mhz wide) > > > and cat 3 cable will > > > act as an antenna at lengths longer than about 18 inches. > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - > > PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > > > > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > :-)~MIKE~(-: > > > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > ---------- > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > Why do we want to do this again? I'm trying to figure out how using > > phone wire out of specifications can possibly be economical. > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) > > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > > > iEYEARECAAYFAkpo4zsACgkQ61EDkX3myXphUACeNQYtQeigifEthNNia4s2x80r > > koIAn1YI8gJY/CoTSHW39vSTGTo8NL+2 > > =lmjl > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > --------------------------------------------------- > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > --------------------------------------------------- > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- :-)~MIKE~(-: